Cricotopus (Cricotopus) pallidipes Edwards, 1929

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Cricotopus (Cricotopus) pallidipes Edwards, 1929

Material examined.

1 pupal exuvium, Rika River (S 8), 7 May 2018 .

Distribution.

Palaearctic. Finland, Norway, France, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Romania, Hungary, Russia, Lebanon, and Morocco ( Cobo et al. 2002; Soriano and Cobo 2006; Móra et al. 2006; Ashe and O’Connor 2012).

Habitat.

The ecological requirements of this species are still unclear. It has been found in flowing and stagnant waters in cold climatic zones ( Aagaard et al. 1997; Pozdeev 2012) to warm rivers, canals, lakes, and marshes in central and southern Europe, and North Africa (e. g., Laville and Tourenq 1968; Móra et al. 2006; Abbou and Fahde 2017; Moubayed et al. 2019). French authors ( Tourenq 1976; Moubayed et al. 2019) consider it a lacustrine species, tolerant of low oxygen content.

Remarks.

Currently known only from few European countries. It does not seem to be abundant anywhere. In Bavaria and the Sauerland Mountains ( Germany), it is listed among possibly endangered species; however, its status is unknown ( Orendt and Reiff 2003; Dittmar 2012).